School materials

Listed below are resources for introducing and exploring in the classroom the issue of population. As well as a brief summary, teachers are able to access deeper insights and case studies for older and more developed students. Links to information about potentially useful textbooks and films are available as well.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or wish to contribute to education on population issues in some way.

Introducing the issues

BBC Bitesize – Population and Sustainability
Does an excellent job of framing population growth in context with its ill effects on society and the environment. Includes sections on population growth, waste, pollution, endangered species, fishing, forestry and sustainable development.

Student Factsheets – Young People’s Trust for the Environment
A selection of factsheets on the environment for students to work through while exploring the effects of population growth. Other factsheets are available on pollution and endangered species.

Education Resources (Population) – National Geographic
Free activities, whole lessons and case studies on a variety of issues related to population that are filterable by students / teachers, subject and the type of resource.

Just How Fast is the World Population Growing? – TES Connect
Two worksheets for children on population growth featuring projections and reasons why the world population is growing. Linked to Second Geography Unit 3 – People Everywhere and Primary Unit 25 – Geography and Numbers.